About Me

My name is Stephanie and I am a Christian woman that lives in a small town in Georgia with my wonderful husband of 15 years, Chris. We have 2 children, Sydney, age 7 and a major drama queen, then there is Grayson, age 3, and my one man wreaking crew. I work part-time at a local college and have my own Creative Memories business while being a wife and mother. We have 2 dogs, Maisy & Shiloh. Life can be very crazy in our house with a husband, two very active kids, church, dance class, laundry and more. Do you now see why I am a Woman on the Edge of Insanity?

Grayson

Sydney

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A few weeks ago we went to my sister's house to make Christmas ornaments and cookies. After putting icing on Grayson's cookie, Gammie asked for a bite. Grayson would stretch his arm out as far away from Gammie as he could get it. He was not about to share his cookie. It was, in his words, MINE! For more details on our fun afternoon click here.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

About a week ago, Sydney had her winter dance recital. She has been dancing now for 3 years and she LOVES ballet. She is so graceful and beautiful when she moves.

She loves getting all dressed up in her costume and putting on makeup. She thinks she is such hot stuff and of course, she is.

She danced to "Where are you Christmas" and did an incredible job. I am such a proud mommy.

She will be taking more ballet and a tap class starting in January. They are offering an Adult Hip Hop and Jazz class. I am going to attempt to dance again. It will be very scary for me and the people in the class I am sure, but it will be lots of fun. I will update you when I start and promise to share all the juicy details...oh, it will be o so juicy.

Friday, December 12, 2008

The other evening I was straightening up the living room after the children had gone to bed. As most of you know, there is no use doing it while they are awake. I was picking up a few things beside the wooden manger scene that my J-Mom painted for me one Christmas. My father cut it out of wood and she painted it up knowing that one day I would have children and that this would be the manger scene they could play with. I notice something a little different...

Do you see it? Let's take a closer look...

Yes, someone in my house has put baby Jesus in a little pink cradle. Oh, how sweet!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

I am so talented sometimes it just plain scares me. Creative Memorieshas the wonderful program, Storybook Creator Plus, to design books, page prints and pictures. I created a beautiful picture for my mother-in-law, Peggy, for Christmas. (No, she does not read my blog, she has no computer.) Peggy is a major puzzle freak, she has more puzzles her in guest bedroom closet than the puzzle store. So, being the inventive daughter-in-law that I am, I created the following print from pictures I had taken (since my son would not be still and smile for me) and uploaded it to make a puzzle. She is going to love it. I can't wait!

Monday, December 8, 2008

I received this little Christmas meme from my sweet baby sister, Reynie. Please check out her blog it is way too much fun. She just cracks me up. Since I have been too busy the last few days to get a post together I will post this. Enjoy!

Okay and for the rules...We have to copy the question into our post and answer them, then add a question to the list. We're supposed to tag 3 people. Then you have to leave a comment to those you've tagged to let them know. So here we go!

Monday, December 1, 2008

We leave to be one of the first ones at the Disney Store at the mall. We must find the best deals at midnight, it won't wait till morning.

Friday, November 28th 12:00 a.m. - Mission: Disney Store

We arrive at our destination only to find a million other crazy shoppers. We shopping for 20 minutes in the overheated store, then hit the line. Waited in line for 1 hour and actually did more shopping in line than when we were not in line. Amazing!

Friday, November 28th 1:30 a.m. - Mission: Plan of attack

We find ourselves a cozy spot in the food court at the mall. Chick-fil-A was nice enough to be open at such a lovely hour. We spread out our sale papers and made our plan of attack. We decided that to get the laptop that Dannielle wanted we needed to be at Best Buy by 3 a.m. to get a ticket.

Friday, November 28th 3:00 a.m. - Mission: Best Buy

Due to the extremely long line the mission was aborted. We decided to go sit in the Kohl's parking lot until it opened at 4 a.m.

Friday, November 28th 4 a.m. - Mission: Kohl's

Kohl's was just as crazy. I can't believe people actually shop this early in the morning. Are we insane? Yes, and we love it. I quick run through the store and a long 1 hour wait in line to check out and we were off to Toys R Us.

Friday, November 28th 5:30 a.m. - Mission: Toys R Us

More wild people at Toys R Us, we shop, we stand in line for over an hour. I purchase a Leapster Game for $24.99, just to find it again at Target for $15.00. Lowest prices of the year, my hinney.

Friday, November 28th 7:00 a.m. - Mission: Target

I am very tired now. Let's get in and get out. Fading fast...GREAT SHORT CHECK OUT LINES.

Friday, November 28th sometimes in the morning - Mission: One more store and food.

Make a quick stop at Family Christian Bookstore, then to some Bagel place. I am the walking dead.

Friday, November 28th 9:30ish - Mission: Sleep

I love my bed. Zzzzzz....

Friday, November 28th 12:00 p.m. - Mission: In-Laws house

Two hours sleep in clearly not enough, but it will have to do. Off we go to the In-Laws house to spend some quality time. Mom In-Law, Peggy, and Sister In-Law, Leigh, and I head off the Wal-Mart and Target for more shopping. Then back to house for eating and socializing.